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  • Bear Pand
    RIP Indy Colts
    • Feb 2009
    • 5945

    Hawks Johnson won't sign extension

    Hawks captain and All-Star Joe Johnson said he will not sign a contract extension with the Hawks and will play out the final year of his contract this season.

    Johnson will be an unrestricted free agent next summer.

    The Hawks extended a four-year, $60-plus million contract offer to Johnson this summer. But Johnson said he decided not to sign the extension after mulling it over during the offseason.

    By not signing Johnson will enter a deep free agent crop next summer headlined by reigning MVP LeBron James as well as fellow All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

    "My sole focus right now is on this team and what we're trying to accomplish this season," Johnson said. "I have some goals set for this season for my team and I have some individual goals set for myself as well. I really feel like this team is ready to take that step to the next level. I also feel like I can be one of the elite players in this league, I feel like I'm right there, so it's going to be an exciting year."

    Johnson is in the fifth and final year of a $70 million deal he signed with Phoenix before being traded to the Hawks in a sign-and-trade deal in August 2005.


    Probably the smart move but for some reason I don't trust Atlanta's management and he'll prolly end up a consolation prize on some team that couldn't get LeBron/Wade/etc.
  • IamMedellin
    Everything Burns...
    • Nov 2008
    • 10910

    #2
    he better hope he stays healthy this year




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    • Sharkweather
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2009
      • 8906

      #3
      Damnit.

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      • LC AAU
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2008
        • 14217

        #4
        I think this a good decision for him
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        • Buzzman
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2008
          • 6659

          #5
          you honestly think he'll get more then 4 yr 60 mill with all the bigger names out there enxt year

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          • IamMedellin
            Everything Burns...
            • Nov 2008
            • 10910

            #6
            hey, Ron Mercer got a max deal after the bulls lost out on Duncan, Grant Hill, & T-Mac in 2000

            All it takes is 1 dumb owner...




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            • Point Blank
              Needs a hobby
              • Oct 2008
              • 14184

              #7
              For some reason, I just pictured him in a Utah jerseys..lol. I think he'll end up resigning though.

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              • jeffx
                Member
                • Jun 2009
                • 3853

                #8
                Originally posted by mbuser
                considering lebron and wade aren't going anywhere, he'd arguably be the top swingman on the open market
                Exactly. You know how the Knicks like to throw around phat contracts. Forget LeBron - Knick fans who think he's leaving Cleveland are living in fantasyland. If Walsh can find a sucker for Curry, we might have enough to sign two quality FAs - Bosh/Wade or Bosh/Johnson sounds nice.

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                • BUCK3YE5
                  CP 2K12
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 1410

                  #9
                  hmmm....LeBron and Joe sounds niiiice

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                  • LC AAU
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 14217

                    #10
                    Originally posted by BUCK3YE5
                    hmmm....LeBron and Joe sounds niiiice
                    Come on, lets get real here. Everything you fucking say is "OH YA MAN LEBRON AND (Insert NBA player here) LOOK GOOD MAN"

                    And if you want them and don't get them "MAN FUCK THIS DUDE LEON POWE BETTER THEN THAT Ni99A"


                    "CAVS BEST TEAM IN NBA MAN EVERYONE ELSE SUX"
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                    • BUCK3YE5
                      CP 2K12
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 1410

                      #11
                      Just speculation ctfo

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                      • Whatupdoe44
                        Magic
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 4954

                        #12
                        only way Joe Johnson and Lebron ever play together is with the knicks

                        I wonder how much buckeye is gonna cry when the cavs are bumped again out of the playoffs by the "over rated" magic or "over rated" celtics


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                        • BUCK3YE5
                          CP 2K12
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 1410

                          #13
                          if the cavs have their team fully healthy for the playoffs the would only lose a series to the celtics (for the eastern conference) and even then that would surprise me

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                          • IamMedellin
                            Everything Burns...
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 10910

                            #14
                            lmao @ cavs fans who think he's a 100% commited to their team..




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                            • BUCK3YE5
                              CP 2K12
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 1410

                              #15
                              ^true

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